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Enrollment
634
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINFIELD SD 202·NCES 173174000139
Walkers Grove Elementary School
24810 W 135th St, Plainfield, IL 60544 · (815) 439-2885 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL634 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
138 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
83.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.5pp since 2023
Math
69.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +18.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.9% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 50.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Illinois's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Walkers Grove Elementary School
Walkers Grove Elementary School's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walkers Grove Elementary School this school | 634 | 21.8% | 74.0% |
| Conley Elementary School Algonquin | 598 | 23.4% | 63.8% |
| Mackeben Elementary School Algonquin | 522 | 22.8% | N/A |
| Lincoln Elementary Plainfield | 536 | 21.8% | 69.7% |
| Nettelhorst Elementary School Chicago | 653 | 19.3% | 65.9% |
| May Whitney Elementary School Lake Zurich | 677 | 27.8% | 74.0% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Walkers Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #79 of 1,925 | #9 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #235 of 2,077 ▲ 65 | #26 of 100 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #75 of 2,077 ▲ 50 | #4 of 100 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 634 | #209 of 2,419 | #11 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,668 of 2,035 | #79 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #916 of 2,042 | #72 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #1,935 of 2,132 | #82 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.3% | #92 of 615 | #5 of 36 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
634
+60 (+10%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 860
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 634 | 40.5 | 15.7:1 | 22% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 40.3 | 15.5:1 | 21% (134) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 38 | 16.5:1 | 21% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 30.2 | 17.0:1 | 12% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 34 | 21.7:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 860 | 47 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walkers Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (514 to 634); teachers up 34% (30.2 to 40.5).
About Walkers Grove Elementary School
Walkers Grove Elementary School operates as a high-enrollment elementary school in Plainfield, Illinois. A total of 634 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students, so this school is 66% above average.
The district, Plainfield SD 202, has 24,556 students enrolled across 30 schools.
Roughly 68% of students at Walkers Grove Elementary School are White. The rest of enrollment is 12% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Walkers Grove Elementary School, 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 15.7:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 22% of enrollment. That rate is below the 44% average among public schools in Will County.
Walkers Grove Elementary School is a top-10% school in Illinois on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.0% with an actual 74.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Will County show that the median household income is $109,984, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 209 public schools in Will County, enrolling about 113,008 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Eagle Pointe Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Walkers Grove Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Walkers Grove Elementary School's enrollment climbed 10%, to 634.
Community posts for Walkers Grove Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plainfield SD 202
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in Plainfield
- Plainfield North High SchoolHigh · 2,399 students
- Plainfield South High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Plainfield East High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolMiddle · 912 students
- Timber Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Nearby schools
- Eagle Pointe Elementary School0.5 mi · 594
- Heritage Grove Middle School1.4 mi · 841
- Lincoln Elementary1.7 mi · 536
- Plainfield North High School1.9 mi · 2,399
- Indian Trail Middle School2.2 mi · 520
- Richard Ira Jones Middle School2.3 mi · 851
Frequently asked questions
About Walkers Grove Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Walkers Grove Elementary School?
Walkers Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 634 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Walkers Grove Elementary School serve?
Walkers Grove Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Walkers Grove Elementary School have?
Walkers Grove Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Walkers Grove Elementary School?
Student demographics at Walkers Grove Elementary School are roughly 68% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 12% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Walkers Grove Elementary School in?
Walkers Grove Elementary School is part of Plainfield SD 202.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.